An overturned truck spilled thousands of pounds of canned pineapple products north of Iola Sunday morning.
The driver, Raymond Jackson, 61, out of Kentucky, was northbound on U.S. 169, about two miles north of town when he lost control and left the side of the roadway, Allen County Sheriff’s Deputy Anthony Maness said.
The accident occurred around 11 o’clock.
Jackson, who was en route from Texas to Kansas City, told emergency crews at the scene he had apparently lost consiousness before the accident.
Jackson already was on crutches, with an arm in a brace from a previous medical issue, Maness said.
Jackson was taken to Allen County Regional Hospital for injuries not considered life-threatening.
Meanwhile, crews spent most of Sunday clearing the crushed pineapple cases from the east ditch.
The mangled trailer had to be cut in two separate pieces in order to get to the cargo.
“It’ll be interesting to see how they get the trailer out of there,” Maness said.
Traffic was limited to one lane for most of the day while the wreckage was cleared.
Wreck closes U.S. 169 most of Sunday
